Wednesday, 20 May 2020

20 May 2020 News

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Economic Times

Ø  Govt measures unlikely to stimulate demand: Crisil
Ø  Rural India to spur demand due to migration
Ø  Google to invest in people and partnerships in India
Ø  RBI may soften restructuring norms
Ø  WTO: India pushes for building infra, digital skills
Ø  Warren Buffett cuts crisis-era bet on Goldman Sachs
Ø  Petrochem, Chemical imports may face 15% Covid tax

Business Standard

Ø  RBI refuses a dozen licences to NBFCs with investments from Mauritius
Ø  Tata Steel resumes talks with Germany's Thyssenkrupp for possible merger
Ø  India's account surplus to touch $20 bn in FY21 due to Covid-19: Barclays
Ø  Icra revises domestic steel industry outlook to negative from stable
Ø  Nestle India's business loss could be more than 30%, says MD Narayanan
Ø  40% Indian tech startups have suspended work due to coronavirus: Nasscom
Ø  Moratorium to strain NBFC liquidity even further, bad debts to rise

Business Line

Ø  Recovery in steel demand to be delayed on lockdown extension
Ø  India resumes purchases of Malaysian palm oil
Ø  EU raises restrictions on capsicum imports from India, Pakistan
Ø  Tata Power posts over two-folds jump in Q4 net to Rs 475 crore
Ø  Embassy REIT posts ₹462-crore Q4 operating income
Ø  Apollo Tyres Q4 net profit down 7 per cent at ₹78 crore

Mint

Ø  Bajaj Finance has 27% of loanbook under moratorium: MD Rajeev Jain
Ø  Flipkart's limited ops negatively impacted international business: Walmart
Ø  Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Q4 net rises 15% to ₹73.2 cr
Ø  India’s power bailout depends on states clearing utility dues
Ø  Power Grid to file draft papers for $1 bn InvIT
Ø  Siemens AG sells 24% stake in Indian unit for ₹8,520 crore to group firm

Financial Express

Ø  India adds 1,043 MW of wind and solar utility scale capacity in January-March: Report
Ø  UP sugar industry seeks ‘preferential treatment’ for clearance of power dues
Ø  IFSC bank units to report all OTC forex deals to CCIL platform from June 1: RBI
Ø  NBFCs more at risk from COVID-19 than banks: Moody’s

Deccan Chronicle

Ø  India will suffer worst recession since 1979: Goldman Sachs
Ø  Nasdaq to tighten listing rules, restricting Chinese IPOs
Ø  Fiat India Automobiles, Tata Motors JV plant resumes operations at Ranjangaon